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Thursday, February 11, 2016
Overview: Oromo Protests and State/Government Terrorism in Ethiopia
The following is an overview of the Oromo Protests and the state terrorism that they continue to face and aspire to triumph over. An accompanying 1-pager of the document can be found here (click here); Diaspora solidarity rally goers in particular, and other peace and human rights activists in general, can print and distribute this 1-pager to their influence circles to bring awareness about the Oromo Protests. We thank all those volunteers who took time to prepare the document.
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Oromo Protests and State/Government Terrorism in Ethiopia
Western governments praise Ethiopia for achieving the fastest growing economy in Africa and for being a key ally in the fight against terrorism. This hides the brutal reality of land grabbing, state/government terrorism, and the incredible cost in human lives and livelihoods. Ethiopia is a multinational country of 100 million people, and all of these nations have suffered state brutality in varying degrees. The country is tightly gripped by the totalitarian repression of a single-party dominated by the elite of a minority ethnic group from Tigray.
This minority regime has created absolute control over the country’s politics, economy, military and media, thus stifling every form of creative dissent. To hang onto power, it has marked every legitimate dissent as terrorism and waged wars against its own people. A handful of Tigrayan elites have used economic growth as a smokescreen behind which they carry out bloody atrocities of land grabbing. They have gobbled up the wealth of the nation to satisfy their insatiable greed and lust for power, thus leaving close to 20 million of their fellow citizens to face starvation.
This regime targets Oromos particularly because they are the most populous nation inhabiting a vast arable and mineral-rich land. The current Oromo protest is an expression of deep grievances under 25 years of such state terrorism, land grabbing and violent repression. It demands the world’s immediate attention. Below is a summary of Oromo protests and the various responses.
Oromo Protests
– The protest was ignited by elementary and secondary school students in the small town of Giincii on November 12, 2015
– In no time, this spread like wild fire to all parts of Oromia, and Oromos from all walks of life joined the peaceful protests.
– Beautiful images of peaceful protests filled social media. People marching with raised crossed arms or sitting with bowed heads became powerful symbols of peaceful protests.
– The protests attracted wide-spread solidarity from the Oromo diaspora around the world, from other peoples of Ethiopia with similar grievances, and from the Ethiopian diaspora.
The Issues
– The Ethiopian government has been robbing Oromos of their ancestral lands in the name of development. It has been forcefully evicting millions without adequate compensation or anywhere to go. Hard-working people are reduced to landless, homeless beggars.
– Global land rush has intensified local land grabbing where the government has been violently robing land from the various peoples and leasing out to foreign investors.
– Land is sacred for indigenous Oromos. As they say, dubbiin lafaa dubbii lafee ti [the issue of land is the issue of bones]. Land contains the bones of ancestors symbolizing the depth of the Oromo worldview, knowledge system, history, culture, and identity – a deep spiritual connection. Evicting Oromos from their land is erasing their very existence.
– The trigger for the current peaceful protests is a small soccer field which was taken away from the local youth in the small town of Giincii. Young students in the local primary and secondary schools protested. Enraged by earlier land grab where the nearby Cillimoo Forest was taken away for clearing, parents and other citizens joined the student protests. The environment is as sacred as the land for Oromos; they protect it with their lives.
– By the time the peaceful protests spread and engulfed the whole of the Oromia Regional State, the issue had crystallized around the Addis Ababa Integrated Master Plan, which is the expansion of the capital city into the Oromo lands without any consultation with the people. The government denies that the plan is being implemented, but it is de facto forcefully evicting Oromo farmers from their land and violating their constitutional rights.
– The Master Plan represents an aspect of the ongoing systematic destruction of Oromo identity, history and culture. The protest against the Master Plan is an expression of bottled up grievances, and longstanding issues of injustice and fundamental human rights.
– In 2014, the government mercilessly massacred 78 Oromos, mostly university students peacefully protesting the Master Plan. When bullets are the answer, legitimate grievances remain unaddressed. The current protests raise the same unanswered questions.
– The Master Plan is a smokescreen behind which the government carries out systematic destruction of Oromo identity, history and culture. The Master Plan is only the visible tip of the iceberg; it only calls attention to the deeper grievances around the violation of constitutional rights fundamental human rights and justice.
Government Response: Genocide
– The government responded to peaceful protests with its usual bloody violent repression. Its inciting agents killed people, and burned property to tarnish the beauty of the peaceful protests and create an excuse to unleash the military force against unarmed protesters.
– In a dramatic move on 16 December 2015, the Prime Minister vowed to mercilessly crush the protests and deployed the draconian counter-terrorism law to crush the peaceful protesters he marked as terrorists. In effect, this is a declaration of a state of emergency where the administration of the Oromia Regional State is suspended, and Oromia is ravaged by a military force centrally commanded by the Prime Minister. The Ethiopian state turned its military on its own citizens, drowning the people in bloodbath.
– State tyranny has unleashed an all-out genocidal war against Oromos. Merciless killing, beating and mass arrests are now a daily reality in Oromia. Soldiers regularly break into homes and university dormitories, brutally beating people and savagely raping women. In this terroristic punishment of the entire Oromo population, children as young as 8 are killed alongside older people of 85. Girls as young as 12 are gang raped alongside older women. Mothers are killed along with their children. Artists, musicians and journalists are imprisoned and tortured. In universities, Oromo university students are particularly targeted, beaten and killed, imprisoned and tortured. Oromo peace activists and members of opposition political parties are beaten and imprisoned.
– In the current carnage of state terrorism alone (between November 12, 2015 and January 12, 2016), various sources report that over 200 Oromos have been killed while more bodies are still being discovered in the forests, rivers and ditches. Over 2000 people are mercilessly beaten and seriously injured while some are being denied medical treatment. Over 10,000 are imprisoned, and many of these are being tortured at this time.
– While states are responsible for protecting universities from attack according to the UN Human Rights Council, the Ethiopian State has turned universities into war zones and military camps where no critical dialogue can take place. Oromo students are hunted down and beaten, raped, killed or imprisoned. Others run away from university campuses because it is impossible to learn under such conditions of state terrorism. The Ethiopian state is systematically carrying out epistemic genocide against Oromos to destroy their intellectual capacity and stifle critical questioning.
International Response: Silence
– Human rights organizations like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch and some Western media have been reporting the atrocities. However, the response from Western governments has been largely silence or mild statements that don’t mean much in terms of addressing the carnage.
– Nations promoting democracy have blindly endorsed the government’s shameless claim of 100% election victory, thus completely stifling dissent. While anyone with a rudimentary sense of democratic process would know how ridiculous this is, Western governments have chosen to endorse the violent totalitarian repression of fundamental freedoms and rights.
– They have emboldened the Ethiopian government to continue its atrocity with impunity. De facto condoning the brutal repression, major donor countries like the U.S.A., the UK and European Union continue to provide aid money with little or no attention to the respect of basic human rights or constitutional rights of the people.
– They continue to praise Ethiopia for development even when humanitarian organizations report that a staggering 20 million need help this year, even as they know this increasing need for food aid by a country that registers double digit economic growth is a sign of failed policy and failed governance.
Our Demand
Any nation genuinely interested in promoting peace and democracy should be outraged by the blatant massacre of peaceful protesters legitimately demanding the respect of their constitutional rights. We demand that Western governments, particularly the donor nations, denounce the atrocities of the Ethiopian government and ask it to immediately and unconditionally:
1) lift the merciless military rule imposed on the Oromo people
2) stop the killing, beating, raping, imprisoning and torturing of innocent people
3) release all peaceful protesters and political prisoners
4) bring to justice those responsible for the genocidal atrocities
5) restore the constitutional rights of the people to hold peaceful rallies
6) avail itself to the calls for peace and national reconciliation
7) allow people to participate in the affairs affecting their lives and livelihoods
8) start participatory development that includes people’s development
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Ethiopia Needs $245 Million by March to Stop More Severe Hunger
Ethiopia Needs $245 Million by March to Stop More Severe Hunger
- Poor rains have left over 20 million people in need of aid
- Crisis response received almost half of $1.4 billion appeal
- Ethiopia needs $245 million of food aid in the next three weeks to prevent a “potentially catastrophic escalation” in chronic malnutrition cases from the end of April after a lack of rain left millions of people in danger of starvation, Save the Children said.
More than 400,000 children will probably need supplementary feeding because of “severe acute malnutrition” later this year after the country’s worst drought in half a century ruined harvests and killed livestock, the non-governmental organization said Wednesday in a statement. Another 1.7 million women and children may become severely malnourished, which can lead to stunting in minors, if there’s a break in food aid delivery, it said.
“It can take around 120 days to purchase and transport food into Ethiopia through Djibouti, so we all must step up now,” said Save the Children Ethiopia Country Director John Graham. “The situation here is as grave as I have ever seen it in the 19 years I have spent in Ethiopia.’’
The effects of El Nino, the ocean-warming trend, have left 10.2 million Ethiopians needing food aid this year. Another 7.9 million “chronically food insecure” people in the Horn of African country of almost 100 million people are receiving support through a regular safety-net program already funded by the government and donors. Aid groups and the Ethiopian authorities have received about half of a $1.4 billion appeal for emergency funds, Save the Children said.
UA: 001/16 Index: AFR 25/3148/2016 Ethiopia Date: 6 January 2016
URGENT ACTION PEACEFUL OROMO PROTESTERS MUST BE RELEASED
The Ethiopian authorities arbitrarily arrested a number of peaceful protesters, journalists and opposition party leaders in the context of a brutal crackdown on ongoing protests in the Oromia Region which started in November. Those arrested are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment and should be immediately and unconditionally released. Diribie Erga, age 60, was arbitrarily arrested at her home in Ambo Town, in Ethiopia’s Oromia Region, around 2 pm on 18 December by a group of plainclothes security officials and the Federal Police after they searched her home. Diribie Erga was Member of the Federal Parliament representing Jeldu District from 2005-2010. Diribie Erga resigned from her leadership position in the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) party in 2010. Diribie Erga was not served with either a search or arrest warrant. She is currently being held at the Federal Police Central Investigation Centre (Maekelawi) in Addis Ababa without access to lawyers or family members. Her arrest has not yet been reviewed by a competent court. Diribie Erga requires medication for asthma, blood pressure and kidney problems. Family members have been prevented from providing her with the medication and food suitable for her conditions. Diribie Erga has been the subject of arbitrary arrest by Ethiopian security officials and the police previously. In 2004, when she was a candidate with the OFC party for the Federal Parliament, she was arrested at the Palace in Ambo Town where she suffered beatings and injuries. Diribie Erga’s current arrest has taken place in the context of an ongoing government crackdown on the Oromia protests that started in November against the government’s master plan to integrate parts of Oromia into the capital Addis Ababa. On 15 December, the Ethiopian government labelled the protesters as “terrorists” and escalated its response to the protests resulting in deaths, injuries, and mass arrest of protesters, opposition party leaders and journalists. Bekele Gerba (Deputy Chair, OFC), Getachew Shiferaw (Editor-in-Chief of the online newspaper Negere Ethiopia), Yonathan Teressa (an online activist) and Fikadu Mirkana (Oromia Radio and TV) are few of those arrested following the current protests. Amnesty International considers them to be prisoners of conscience detained solely for peacefully exercising their right to peaceful assembly. They are at imminent risk of torture and other forms of ill-treatment. Please write immediately in Amharic, English or your own language: Urging the Ethiopian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Diribie Erga and the peaceful protesters, journalists and opposition party leaders arrested in the recent crackdown against Oromia protesters, and to ensure that they are not subjected to torture or other ill-treatment; Calling on them to immediately cease the use of excessive force against protesters in accordance to the UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials; Urging them to conduct a thorough, independent and impartial investigation into human rights violations committed in the context of the Oromia protests and provide effective remedies for the victims. PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 17 FEBRUARY 2016 TO: Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn FDRE Prime Minister Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Fax: +251 11 122 6292 Salutation: Your Excellency Minister Amb. Kassa Teklebirhan FDRE Ministry of Federal Affairs Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Fax: +251.11 551 1200/551 3926 Salutation: Your Excellency And copies to: Minister of Justice Getachew Ambaye FDRE Ministry of Justice Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Fax: +251 11 551 7775 Email: justabr@ethionet.et Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country. Please insert local diplomatic addresses below: Name Address 1 Address 2 Address 3 Fax Fax number Email Email address Salutation Salutation Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date. URGENT ACTION PEACEFUL OROMO PROTESTERS MUST BE RELEASED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION On 12 November 2015, peaceful protests erupted in Ginchi, a town located 81 kilometres southwest of Addis Ababa in Oromia Region, when the government transferred the ownership of a school playground and a stadium to private investors, in addition to clearing the Chilimo natural forest to also make way for investors. The protesters, mainly Oromo University and high school students who were later joined by city residents and farmers, are concerned that the Addis Ababa Integrated Development Master Plan, in addition to being contrary to the Constitution of Ethiopia, violates the cultural and individual rights of the Oromo people, especially those living within the vicinity of the capital city, Addis Ababa. They are also concerned that the Master Plan is being implemented without proper consultation and in disregard to other safeguards provided in the Ethiopian Constitution, resulting in the forced evictions of Oromo farmers in vicinities surrounding Addis Ababa. The Oromiya Regional regular and special police, the Federal Police and, later on, the military, have used excessive force against peaceful protesters. The protests turned violent from 1 December when Gazahany Oliiqaa, a Haromaya University student, was killed at Haromaya by the Federal Police. Since then, the number of causalities has been increasing almost daily. The excessive use of force against the protesters has caused at least hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries. Children as young as 12 years old are among those killed. It is also widely reported that hundreds of people have been wounded by live bullets and beatings by the security forces and the military. Mass arrests have been conducted during and in the aftermath of the protests. On 15 December, the Ethiopian government labelled the protesters as "terrorists.” Amnesty International believes this labelling of mostly peaceful protesters has further escalated the responses of the government and resulted in more causalities, including deaths, injuries, mass arrests and enforced disappearance of protesters, opposition political party leaders and journalists. The Anti-Terrorism Proclamation (ATP), 652/2009 permits up to four months of pre-trial detention. Amnesty International has in the past documented the widespread use of torture and other ill-treatment of Oromo protesters during this lengthy pre-trial detention period. Amnesty International has also documented similar patterns of attacks against peaceful demonstrators in the past. Amnesty International published a report: “Because I am Oromo”: Sweeping Repression in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia (https://www.amnesty.org/En/documents/Afr25/006/2014/En/) on 28 October 2014, and a press statement on the use of the ATP in respect of these protests on 16 December 2015 (https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/12/ethiopia-anti-terrorrhetoric-will-escalate-brutal-crackdown-against-oromo-protesters/). Name: Diribie Erga (f), Bekele Gerba (m), Getachew Shiferaw (m), Yonathan Teressa (m), Fikadu Mirkana (m) and other protesters, journalists and opposition party leaders arrested in the context of the Oromia protests. Gender m/f: both UA: 001/16 Index: AFR 25/3148/2016 Issue Date: 6 January 2016
URGENT ACTION PEACEFUL OROMO PROTESTERS MUST BE RELEASED
The Ethiopian authorities arbitrarily arrested a number of peaceful protesters, journalists and opposition party leaders in the context of a brutal crackdown on ongoing protests in the Oromia Region which started in November. Those arrested are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment and should be immediately and unconditionally released. Diribie Erga, age 60, was arbitrarily arrested at her home in Ambo Town, in Ethiopia’s Oromia Region, around 2 pm on 18 December by a group of plainclothes security officials and the Federal Police after they searched her home. Diribie Erga was Member of the Federal Parliament representing Jeldu District from 2005-2010. Diribie Erga resigned from her leadership position in the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) party in 2010. Diribie Erga was not served with either a search or arrest warrant. She is currently being held at the Federal Police Central Investigation Centre (Maekelawi) in Addis Ababa without access to lawyers or family members. Her arrest has not yet been reviewed by a competent court. Diribie Erga requires medication for asthma, blood pressure and kidney problems. Family members have been prevented from providing her with the medication and food suitable for her conditions. Diribie Erga has been the subject of arbitrary arrest by Ethiopian security officials and the police previously. In 2004, when she was a candidate with the OFC party for the Federal Parliament, she was arrested at the Palace in Ambo Town where she suffered beatings and injuries. Diribie Erga’s current arrest has taken place in the context of an ongoing government crackdown on the Oromia protests that started in November against the government’s master plan to integrate parts of Oromia into the capital Addis Ababa. On 15 December, the Ethiopian government labelled the protesters as “terrorists” and escalated its response to the protests resulting in deaths, injuries, and mass arrest of protesters, opposition party leaders and journalists. Bekele Gerba (Deputy Chair, OFC), Getachew Shiferaw (Editor-in-Chief of the online newspaper Negere Ethiopia), Yonathan Teressa (an online activist) and Fikadu Mirkana (Oromia Radio and TV) are few of those arrested following the current protests. Amnesty International considers them to be prisoners of conscience detained solely for peacefully exercising their right to peaceful assembly. They are at imminent risk of torture and other forms of ill-treatment. Please write immediately in Amharic, English or your own language: Urging the Ethiopian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Diribie Erga and the peaceful protesters, journalists and opposition party leaders arrested in the recent crackdown against Oromia protesters, and to ensure that they are not subjected to torture or other ill-treatment; Calling on them to immediately cease the use of excessive force against protesters in accordance to the UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials; Urging them to conduct a thorough, independent and impartial investigation into human rights violations committed in the context of the Oromia protests and provide effective remedies for the victims. PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 17 FEBRUARY 2016 TO: Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn FDRE Prime Minister Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Fax: +251 11 122 6292 Salutation: Your Excellency Minister Amb. Kassa Teklebirhan FDRE Ministry of Federal Affairs Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Fax: +251.11 551 1200/551 3926 Salutation: Your Excellency And copies to: Minister of Justice Getachew Ambaye FDRE Ministry of Justice Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Fax: +251 11 551 7775 Email: justabr@ethionet.et Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country. Please insert local diplomatic addresses below: Name Address 1 Address 2 Address 3 Fax Fax number Email Email address Salutation Salutation Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date. URGENT ACTION PEACEFUL OROMO PROTESTERS MUST BE RELEASED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION On 12 November 2015, peaceful protests erupted in Ginchi, a town located 81 kilometres southwest of Addis Ababa in Oromia Region, when the government transferred the ownership of a school playground and a stadium to private investors, in addition to clearing the Chilimo natural forest to also make way for investors. The protesters, mainly Oromo University and high school students who were later joined by city residents and farmers, are concerned that the Addis Ababa Integrated Development Master Plan, in addition to being contrary to the Constitution of Ethiopia, violates the cultural and individual rights of the Oromo people, especially those living within the vicinity of the capital city, Addis Ababa. They are also concerned that the Master Plan is being implemented without proper consultation and in disregard to other safeguards provided in the Ethiopian Constitution, resulting in the forced evictions of Oromo farmers in vicinities surrounding Addis Ababa. The Oromiya Regional regular and special police, the Federal Police and, later on, the military, have used excessive force against peaceful protesters. The protests turned violent from 1 December when Gazahany Oliiqaa, a Haromaya University student, was killed at Haromaya by the Federal Police. Since then, the number of causalities has been increasing almost daily. The excessive use of force against the protesters has caused at least hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries. Children as young as 12 years old are among those killed. It is also widely reported that hundreds of people have been wounded by live bullets and beatings by the security forces and the military. Mass arrests have been conducted during and in the aftermath of the protests. On 15 December, the Ethiopian government labelled the protesters as "terrorists.” Amnesty International believes this labelling of mostly peaceful protesters has further escalated the responses of the government and resulted in more causalities, including deaths, injuries, mass arrests and enforced disappearance of protesters, opposition political party leaders and journalists. The Anti-Terrorism Proclamation (ATP), 652/2009 permits up to four months of pre-trial detention. Amnesty International has in the past documented the widespread use of torture and other ill-treatment of Oromo protesters during this lengthy pre-trial detention period. Amnesty International has also documented similar patterns of attacks against peaceful demonstrators in the past. Amnesty International published a report: “Because I am Oromo”: Sweeping Repression in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia (https://www.amnesty.org/En/documents/Afr25/006/2014/En/) on 28 October 2014, and a press statement on the use of the ATP in respect of these protests on 16 December 2015 (https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/12/ethiopia-anti-terrorrhetoric-will-escalate-brutal-crackdown-against-oromo-protesters/). Name: Diribie Erga (f), Bekele Gerba (m), Getachew Shiferaw (m), Yonathan Teressa (m), Fikadu Mirkana (m) and other protesters, journalists and opposition party leaders arrested in the context of the Oromia protests. Gender m/f: both UA: 001/16 Index: AFR 25/3148/2016 Issue Date: 6 January 2016
ETHIOPIA: PEACEFUL OROMO PROTESTERS MUST BE RELEASED
By Amnesty International, , Index number: AFR 25/3148/2016
The Ethiopian authorities arbitrarily arrested a number of peaceful protesters, journalists and opposition party leaders in the context of a brutal crackdown on ongoing protests in the Oromia Region which started in November. Those arrested are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment and should be immediately and unconditionally released.
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Sunday, February 7, 2016
(Ijoo Dubbii ABO) Mootummaan Ummatoota Bulchu Irra Alagaa Kabaju, Mootummaa Farra Ummatootaa Ti.
Mootummaan Ummatoota Bulchu Irra Alagaa Kabaju, Mootummaa Farra Ummatootaa Ti.
(Ijoo Dubbii ABO)
(SBO – GURRAANDHALA 06,2016) Fincilli Xumura Gabrummaa baatii 3 oliif Oromiyaa keessatti deemsifamaa turee fi jiru Mootummaan Wayyaanee dimokraatawaa akka hin tahin addunyaa hubachiise. Fincilli ummataa kun kan gaggeeffame mootummaan Wayyaanee filannoo kijibaa baatii Caamsaa bara 2015 adeemsisee %100n mohadhe jedhee paarlaamaa biyyattii dhuunfatuu labsatee baatii 6 hin caalle keessatti ture. Fincilli guutuu Oromiyaa keessatti belbele kun kanneen maqaa filannoo kijibaan mootummaa humnaa fi kjibaan aangootti of deebise eebbisan osoo hin hafiin qaanfachiise. Fediin ummata Oromoos maal akka tahe agarsiise.
Ummatni Oromoo gaaffilee qabu karaa nagaa dhiheeffatuuf hiriira baatii Sadaasaa keessa eegaleen deebiin argate deebii mootummaa abbaa irree irraa eegamu ture. Kana irraas kanneen hiriira nagaa bahan rasaasaan tumaman. Lubbuun lammiilee fayyaaleyyii dhibba lamatti dhihaatu rasaasa diinaan galaafataman. Kanneen dhaaninsa waraana mootummaa Wayyaaneen caccaban lakkoobsaan guddaa dha. Manneen hidhaa keessatti kanneen irratti roorrifamaa jiranis kuma kudhanootaan lakkaa’amu. Kun hundi raawwatamee fincilli ummata Oromoo itti fufe malee hin dhaabbanne.
Ummatni Oromoo gabrummaan haa gahu! jedhee ka’e, gabrummaa jalatti hin bullu! jechuun diddaa isaa itti fufee jira. Fincila Diddaa Gabrummaa irraa gara Fincila Xumura Gabrummaatti cehe. Fincilli guutuu Oromiyaa keessatti adeemsifamee fi adeemsifamaa jiru firaafis diinaafis barnoota hin dagatamne kenne. Ummata bitaa bara baraaf jiraachuun kan hin danda’amne tahuu hubachiise. Ummata malee qawween ol aantummaa akka hin qabne mirkaneesse.
Fincilli ummata Oromoo midiyaalee bebbeekamoo addunyaa hedduu hawwatee fi bal’inaan tamsaasame Mootummaan Federaalaa fi mootummaan naannoo Oromiyaa Afaan afaan dubbachiisee kan wal hin beekne tahuu mul’ise. Hundaan olitti ammoo mootummaan naannoo Oromiyaa aangoo homaatuu kan hin qabne tahuu addunyaa hubachiise. Kan ajajaman qofa raawwatuu malee, dantaa ummata Oromoo kabajsiisuuf humnas tahe fedhii kan itti hin qabne tahuu fincilli kun mirkaneesse.
Har’a Fincilaa fi gaaffii ummataa kijibaan shororkessummaatti hidhuun kan hin danda’amne tahuu kanneen mootummaa kana deggeran osoo hin hafiin fudhatama dhabsiisaa jiran. Gaaffiin ummataas gaaffii haqaa tahuu, gaaffii ummatni karaa nagaa dhiheesseef deebiin gama mootummaatiin kenname dogoggoraa fi seeraa ala akka tahe, kanneen ummata irratti yakka raawwatan, ajjeesuu, reebuu fi hidhuun miidhaa geessisan seeraaf akka dhihaatan ifatti gaafatuu irratti argamu.
Dhiibbaa mootummootaa, jaarmayoota idil addunyaa fi falmitoota mirga namoomaan kan sardame mootummaan Wayyaanee, dhiphuu seene irraa walaba of taasisuuf rakkoo Oromiyaa keessatti uumameef sababni Bulchiinsi Gaariin dhibamuu irraa ti jechuun OPDO-tti haqatee of qulqulleessuuf ololuu irratti argama. Kun bakka loon hin oolle dikee barbaaduu fakkaata. Bulchiinsi gaarii dhibamuuf kan itti gaafatamu mootummaa Wayyaanee ti. Saaminsaa fi malaanmaltummaa babal’isuu keessatti qooda ol aanaa kan qabu mootummaa Wayyaanee TPLFn durfamu waan taheef.
Mootummaa Wayyaanee aangootti fiduu fi aangoo irra tursuu keessatti qoodni Mootmmaa Ameerikaa guddaa dha. Deggersa diplomaasii, qabeenyaa fi leenjii waraanaa Ameerikaa irraa argatuun aangoo irra bubbule. Leenjii waraana Agaazii keessattis qooda qaban. Kana malees yeroo diddaan itti hammaattee kufaatiitti dhihaatu bira dhaabbatuun kufaatii irraa hambisaa turan. Har’as haalli gama mootummaa Ameerikaa irraa mul’ataa jiru kanuma. Kunis ibsa aangaawota mootummoota Ameerikaa Geel Smiizii fi Linda Thomas Greenfield irraa kennamaa ture irraa hubatama. Ibsi kunis kan kanneen mirga isaaniif falmataniin kan eegamuun gadii tahuutti dabalee dimokraatawaa tahuu isaanii kan agarsiisu hin taane.
Imaammatni mootummaan Ameerikaa Gaanfa Afriikaa addatti ammoo Itophiyaa irratti qabu dogoggoraa tahuu kanneen dhimma kana hordofanii fi ilaallatu hundi hubachiisaa turan. Har’as hubachiisaa jiran. Maqaa duula shororkeessummaan waahela godhatanii lolchiifatuu isaanii qofa ilaaluudhaan mootummaa farra ummatootaa fi dimokraasii waliin dhaabbatuun dogoggora tahuu, mootummaa farra dimokraasii fi bilisummaa jajjabeessaa fi jireessaa akka jiran ABOn hiree kanaan irra deebi’ee hubachisuu fedha.
Mootummaan wayyaanee tarkaanfiin dhiheenya kana fincilaan wal qabatee ummata Oromoo irratti fudhate dogoggora tahuu mootummaa isa jireessaa jirutti himatuun akka gargaarsaa fi tumsa isaanii irraa hin dhaabne kadhatee jira. Kun mootummaan Wayyaanee ummatoota bulchaan jira jedhu irra Ameerikaa kan sodaatu tahuu agarsiisa. Ummatoota Itophiyaa irra mootummaa Ameerikaa kan kabaju tahuu mirkaneessa. Aangawootni Ameerikaa Itophiyaatti imalanis gaaffiin ummata Oromoo akka dubbatamu master plan qofa irratti kan murtaa’e osoo hin taane, irra bal’aa fi deebisa gahaa hin argatu taanaan gara irra hammaataatti kan cehu tahuu hubachiisuuf yaalaniiru. Haa tahu malee tarkaanfii fudhatamaa turaniin kanneen ajjeefaman gumaan akka baafamuuf, kanneen ajjeechaa raawwatan murtii seeraaf akka dhihaatan, kanneen hidhaman akka hiikaman akka hin gaafatiin ibsamuun, ammas taanaan mootummaa kana waliin hariiroo qaban itti fufuuf kan murteessatan tahuu agarsiisa.
Manni murtii haqaa Itophiyaa keessa akka hin jirre osoo beekanii kanneen hidhaman murtii haqaa akka argatan mootummaa Wayyaanee gaafatuun isaanii baacuun alatti hin ilaalamu. Manni murtii Itophiyaa sadarkaa kam irra iyyuu jiru seeraan osoo hin taane, ajaja paartiin kan murtii kennu tahuun osoo beekanuu, ejjannoo akkanaa fudhatuun rakkoo jiru hin furu. Kanatti dabalees tarkaanfiin humnaan olii fudhatame akka waan wallaalchaa fi leenjii gahaa dhabuu irraa taheetti poolisa leenjisuuf waadaa seenuun mirgaa fi dantaa ummatootaa kabajaa dhorkatuu dha.
Sadarkaan ummatootni Itophiyaa har’a irra jiran sadarkaa hammaataa fi kan furmaata bu’uuraa barbaaduu dha. Waan taheef kanneen umrii bittaa abbaa irrummaa jajjabeessuun kufiinsa irraa oolchuuf tattaafatan gochaa isaanii dhaabanii gaaffiin ummatootaa akka deebii argatu taasisuu irratti akka fuulleeffatan yaadachiifna. Kana gochuu hanqatuun, ajjeechaa fi hidhaan bakkayyuutti itti fufee jiru akka itti fufu taasisuu akka tahee fi mirgi ummatootaa akka hin kabajamneef gufuu tahuu akka tahe ABOn gadi jabeessee hubachiisuu barbaada.
Friday, February 5, 2016
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